Device for waving the hair.



No. 789,686. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

M. G. DUNLAP.

DEVICE FOR WAVINGTHE HAIR. APPLICATION FILED mac. 2, 1904.

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MABEL GORDON DUNLAP, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK MOSS,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR WAVING THE HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,686, dated May 9,1905.

Application filed December 2, 1904. $erial No. 235,256.

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Be it known that I, MABEL GORDON DUN- LAP, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for aving the Hair, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a device over whichthe hair may be woven or plaited, so as to be shaped thereon into atemporary wave or undulation which will modify the severity of itsstraight lines when not naturally curly. 7

My device comprises a rigid shaping member and asoft, flexible, andpreferably elastic covering member for the same. The hair is wovenaround the two members when the latter is placed over the former. Theshaping member is then removed and the hair remains shaped or wovenaround the soft flexible member until its final removal is deemeddesirable.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a female head, showing theappearance of the hair when one of my devices is in place, but concealedby a rosette or other appropriate ornament. Fig. 2 is a perspective ofthe covering member in position with the rigid shaping member removedand showing the hair plaited around the covering member. Fig. 3 is aperspective of the parts with a short thin strand of hair plaitedthereon. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the ends of the device, showing theuse of the concealing rosette or ornament. Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofthe rigid member with a portion of its top cut away to show the partunderneath. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the covering member, and Fig. 7 isa transverse section of the same on the plane of the line 7 7 in Fig. 6.

In the drawings, 20 is the rigid shaping member of my device. It is madeof any suitable size, shape, or material; but the preferred form is thatshown in the drawings, being U-shaped and comprising two pins 21 and 22and a cross-piece or head 23. In size it should be about the length ofan ordinary hair-pin or slightly larger, and it may be made of anymaterial, such as horn, hard rubber,

or celluloid, which is'readily shaped and provided with smooth surfaces.Toward their. extremities each of the pins 21 and 22 is provided with ashoulder, as 24 and 25, the

purpose of which will presently be described. 5 5

Beyond the shoulder each pin is made smaller, as shown at 26 and 27. Thecross-piece or head of the pin 23 is provided with a transverse groove28.

The covering member 30 comprises a strip 31 of soft elastic flexiblematcrialfor instance, dental rubber-of such a size that when it isexpanded it will stretch over and cover the shaping member 20. It isalso provided with reinforcing-strips 32 33, one at each end, eachsuitably apertured, as at 34 35, and with means, as the snap-fastening36 37, by which its free ends can be secured together.

A rosette 40 or some similar ornament is secured to the flexible member30 near one of its extremities, so as to conceal the device when inplace.

The manner ofusing the device is as follows: The covering member 30 isfirst placed over the shaping member 20. This is accomplished byinserting, for instance, the end 26 through the hole 34 until the piece32 rests against the shoulder 24. The piece 31 is then stretched incontact with the pin 21 and passed into the groove 28 in the cross-piece23. It is then stretched along the pin 22 and the end 27 insertedthrough the hole 35, so that the piece 33 rests against the shoulder 25.The snap-catch, composed of the members 36 and 37, is then brought intoplay and the ends 32 5 and 33 joined together, as shown in Fig. 3. Thehair is then woven or plaited around the device in any suitable mannerand allowed to remain in that position for a few minutes, so as to setor shape itself. The rigid shaping 9 member is then removed from thedevice. This is accomplished by slipping the piece 31 out of the groove28, slipping the piece 33 from the end 26, and the piece 32 from the end27. The covering member then contracts, assumes the form shown in Fig.2, and where the concealing-rosette 40 or similar means is employedscarcely anything can be seen of the rest of the device on the head ofthe wearer. By its own elasticity the covering member is I held in the.groove 28 and prevented from slipping ofl. that end of the shapingmember, and after the shaping member is removed the heretoforeloosely-woven hair is by the same elasticity compacted or drawn togetherinto a mass much shorter than the shaping member and securely held inthis position as long as desired. With the covering member elastic thehair may be woven, as in Fig. 3, and the operator need not be so carefulto weave it so tightlyin the first place, because it will, as beforestated, be squeezed together or compacted by the elasticity of thecovering member.

The groove 28 serves to prevent the covering member from slipping offthe shaping member while the hair is being woven, a very likely accidentand one which would compel the operator to begin all over again.

It is obvious that modifications may be made in the elements of thisdevice without departing from the scope of the invention.

What 1 claim as new is- 1. A device for waving the hair, comprising arigid U-shaped shaping member, an elastic covering member, means forholding the ends of the covering member upon the extremities of the pinsof the shaping member, and means for preventing the covering member fromslipping off the head of the shaping member.

2. A device for waving the hair, comprising a rigid U-shaped shapingmember, an elastic covering member, and means for holding the coveringmember at or near the extremities of the pins of the shaping member,there being provided also a groove in the head of the shaping member forreceiving the covering member and prevent it slipping off the shapingmember.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MABEL GORDON DUNLAP.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. BAIRD, FRANK Moss.

